Popular-Will Check
Track of the decision thread “Topic 39” (topic #39). Set up by policy-link-bruecke, casts no vote and does not change phase or deadline in the parent thread.
What belongs here
Everything that shows how the topic actually resonates: polls run inside this thread, cases from the Concerns intake machine matched to this topic, and outside signals such as the state of petitions or hearings, linked as evidence. Every figure here carries its source, a gap stays visibly open rather than getting filled with a guess.
Example citation in this track
3 polls in this topic (n = 42, n = 18, n = 9), 2 matched cases from the Concerns intake (#114, #129), external: petition “X”, 8,400 signatures, retrieved 2026-08-31.
Who is affected
Using Volt’s own Volksbegehren on shop opening hours as an example, without figures until a citation exists:
| Group | Interest | Direction | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail employees | predictable shifts, protected Sundays | for | unverified |
| Retail businesses | revenue on peak-demand days | against | unverified |
| Residents | errands outside working hours | mixed | unverified |
| Tourists | shopping during their stay | against | unverified |
| Churches | Sunday protection | for | unverified |
| Trade union | working-time protection | for | unverified |
Where figures might exist: the Bavarian State Office for Statistics, municipal statistics offices, trade and interest associations, hearings in the Landtag. The Companion fills this table for a specific topic through the “Who is affected?” action, any figure without a supporting citation stays “unverified” rather than estimated.
This track is the system’s feedback loop (Rückkopplung), the path signals from outside take back into the discussion; a procedure without it decides blind.
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